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Teenage Stress

Do you have days when you feel that everything is out of control? When you feel burned out, crabby, pressured, wired and panicky? When others comment that you are edgy, restless, wound-up and moody? No mystery why. Every teacher you have thinks that theirs is the only class you're taking. Your best friend is having a nervous breakdown. The guy you like is sending you mixed messages. Your parents are after you to make out a list of the colleges you want to apply to. And then there's the news, none of it vaguely comforting. Welcome to the overwhelming world of teenage stress.